Baleforce
Ron Henry
Maybe I’ve got the story wrong, I thought we’d had a bid accepted but the potential new owners had demanded a freeze on transfers whilst they completed the deal, then when they were in charge put a stop to him leaving?
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Squad not good enough...or unable to play a different style?
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Maybe I’ve got the story wrong, I thought we’d had a bid accepted but the potential new owners had demanded a freeze on transfers whilst they completed the deal, then when they were in charge put a stop to him leaving?
StephenH
David Ginola
That's my take. It's the timeline that might have had the normal Daniel haggling pause?
Mind, Mourinho would have had a right cob on with Dele and his mate around.
Bishop
Terry Venables
There's a version of the story that if we offered the asked for 25m by a certain date he would been signed before the new owners had even gotten involved. I don't know if that is true but that is the story.
Baleforce
Ron Henry
Maybe, but the new owner was an old minority owner and already the chairman right?
Bishop
Terry Venables
Tbh I don't know the details I believe @Finney Is Back knows the in and outs.
parklane1
Vic Buckingham
If you mean Grealish? then we did not dither, we had a deal agreed until the new prospectice owners said IF Grealish ( or any other player)was sold they would pull out of the deal. Once they took over they doubled the agreed price and that is why it did not happen.
I have explained this over and over on here but they are still S OME who say it was Levys fault we did not sign him.
parklane1
Vic Buckingham
I don't know how to use the like button. They were willing to sell but at double the price that had been agreed with the club before they took over.
Finney Is Back
Luka Modric
We dithered massively..... Leicester did a deal for Maddison for the same fee that Villa were asking for Grealish in less than half the time it took us to agree a deal with Villa. We had weeks, months even!, to do that deal and had we been decisive, like Leicester were for Maddison, then the player would’ve been ours weeks before their new owners has even spoken to each other about investing in Villa.
as I’ve explained over and over as well.
Baleforce
Ron Henry
I think more likely they never were, they were just saying that to keep the player sweet until they could afford to massively bump his wages when their first PL TV money cheque arrived.
We were being strung along with moving goalposts, same as with Moutinho a few years earlier.
Finney Is Back
Luka Modric
No they had a tax bill to pay and nothing to pay it with. Their new ownership saved them with a cash injection. Remember that this was 1 year before they were promoted.
Baleforce
Ron Henry
That could have happened at anytime though, as the new owner, had been the chairman for a year already right?
Baleforce
Ron Henry
Indeed, I've never thought he was good enough for us, and his inevitable staring role in tomorrow's 6-0 Villa win won't change that.
parklane1
Vic Buckingham
We dithered massively..... Leicester did a deal for Maddison for the same fee that Villa were asking for Grealish in less than half the time it took us to agree a deal with Villa. We had weeks, months even!, to do that deal and had we been decisive, like Leicester were for Maddison, then the player would’ve been ours weeks before their new owners has even spoken to each other about investing in Villa.
as I’ve explained over and over as well.
Yes we have been around the houses about this a few times, you were wrong then just as you are now.
Finney Is Back
Luka Modric
Except I had the decency to tell you where my info came from, you didn’t accord me the same courtesy.Yes we have been around the houses about this a few times, you were wrong then just as you are now.
parklane1
Vic Buckingham
Yes i did by private message so lets be honest with each other, you can always check through them if you have to.
Finney Is Back
Luka Modric
Just re-checked, I think I had forgotten that as it was so very, very vague....
parklane1
Vic Buckingham
Please yourself.
spurspinter1
Paul Stalteri
Is this our very first ITK-off?! Maybe due another poll thread to see who we reckon is the Eye Tee Kay Glory Glory supreme chief of knowing things....